Norton posted:Lou1985 posted:Norton posted:Stevenson sells the MK5 tender as a separate kit.
Pete
I did notice that. If I can put electronics inside the tender it seems like a solid option.
So far from looking at picking up a Williams Mikado and then the SP smoke box front, headlight, pilot, air pumps, sand domes, and tender from Stevenson. I believe that I can create a pretty decent (if not exactly scale) 3 rail SP MK5 Mikado this way for decent money, probably less than the cost of the 3rd Rail model. Plus it would be a nice winter project. I'm thinking if I look around I can probably acquire everything but the PS3 electronics for $500 or less.
Realize there is a conventional 3rd Rail SP MK-5 on the bay for 600 bucks out the door, almost new.
If it was me I would be trying to build something not already done in 3 Rail.
Pete
I've seen that. They problem is I don't have the $600 to drop on it right now, and I won't for several months (some house work/out of town trips are eating up my disposable income for pretty much the rest of the summer) so it will be gone before I have the money. This is why I was trying to figure out the feasibility of converting the 2 rail locomotive or, now in this case, converting a Williams locomotive to something pretty close. Plus it would give me a nice project that I can slowly work on over the winter.
